Alex Rawnsley's inside look at the BCHL's Powell River Kings

Burns to Alaska-Fairbanks

As we noted last week on Facebookand Twitter, Kings defenceman Jordan Burns secured his NCAA Division 1 schloarship last week by commiting to the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks. The commitment is reportedly for either the 2014/2015 or 2015/2016 season, and will see Burns join a couple of other Kings in Alaska, namely Chris Williams and Andrew Pettitt…although both Williams and Pettitt play in Anchorage for the Seawolves.

I had a chance to chat with Jordan yesterday before he skated in Powell River for the first time this season, and started out by asking him about how the commitment process happened, and why he chose Fairbanks.

On a lighter note, no mention of Alaska-Fairbanks would be complete without their player introduction videos. You can find a few on Youtube. My personal favourite is from 2009/2010: